The Technical Assistance Advisory Group is made up of national leaders on racial equity. These leaders are experts in topics, such as education, equitable development, jobs, criminal justice, health, housing, and tools, such as racial equity impact assessments, communications strategies, and evaluation. The Advisory Group provides issue and practice expertise to the Alliance and is a deep resource pool for Cohort Jurisdiction technical assistance.
The Advisory Group includes the following:
- Leon Andrews, National League of Cities
- Deepak Bhargava, Center for Community Change
- LaShawn Route Chatmon, National Equity Project
- Gary Delgado, BackStory Narratives
- Angela Glover-Blackwell, PolicyLink
- Richard Healey, Grassroots Policy Project
- Gerald Hudson, Service Employees International Union
- Waing Waing, Center for Ethical Leadership
- Manuel Pastor, USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity
- Maggie Potapchuk, MP Associates
- Anne Price, Insight Center for Community Economic Development
- Rinku Sen, Race Forward
- Ron Sims, Civic Volunteer and former King County Executive
- Phil Thompson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Lori Villarosa, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity
- Todd Vogel, Loom Foundation